Young Love Xii - A Lost Hour Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DEED FCGGCF EEHHII| God gave us an hour for our tears | A |
| One hour out of all the years | B |
| For all the years were another's gold | C |
| Given in a cruel troth of old | C |
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| And how did we spend his boon | D |
| That sweet miraculous flower | E |
| Born to die in an hour | E |
| Late born to die so soon | D |
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| Did we watch it with breathless breath | F |
| By slow degrees unfold | C |
| Did we taste the innermost heart of it | G |
| The honey of each sweet part of it | G |
| Suck all its hidden gold | C |
| To the very dregs of its death | F |
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| Nay this is all we did with our hour | E |
| We tore it to pieces that precious flower | E |
| Like any daisy with listless mirth | H |
| We shed its petals upon the earth | H |
| And children like when it all was done | I |
| We cried unto God for another one | I |
Richard Le Gallienne
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